Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Fine Arts

Chapter

The Living Art Traditions of India

Question:

What is the significant role played by married women in the Warli community in the creation of paintings?

Options:

Creating paintings, especially Chowk

Collecting materials for art

Constructing a house using hemp

Decorating the balcony using pots

Correct Answer:

Creating paintings, especially Chowk

Explanation:

Answer: Creating paintings, especially Chowk, to mark special occasions
Married women in the Warli community play a central role in creating their most important painting called Chowk to mark special occasions.

The Warli community inhabit the west coast of Northern Maharashtra around the north Sahyadri range with a large concentration in the district of Thane. Married women play a central role in creating their most important painting called Chowk to mark special occasions. Closely associated with the rituals of marriage, fertility, harvest and new season of sowing, Chowk is dominated by the figure of mother goddess, Palaghat, who is chiefly worshipped as the goddess of fertility and represents the corn goddess, Kansari.